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Libertas - the goddess
The Latin
word Libertas is generally associated with Roman
mythology since Libertas was the goddess and
personification of liberty. There have been found
Libertas temples on the Palatine Hill and Aventine Hill,
two of the Seven hills of Rome on which ancient Rome was
built. A modern, and purely symbolic, representation of
the deity, is the famous Statue of Liberty, which stands
on Liberty Island in New York Harbor. She is also
depicted on the Swiss 5, 10 and 20 Rappen coins.
Libertas – the flag of Republic of Ragusa - Dubrovnik
Republic of Ragusa - One of the keys to success was
not conquering, but trading and sailing under a white
flag with the word Libertas (Latin:
freedom)
prominently featured on it. That flag was adopted when
slave trading was abolished. The republic abolished the
slave trade in 1418 and valued liberty highly.
Liberal
(samples):
The
Liberal Party of Australia is a political party in
Australia.
Liberal
democracy is a form of government, a political
system
Liberal Arts - The term 'liberal arts' is described
in Encyclopædia Britannica
as a "college or university curriculum aimed at
imparting general knowledge and developing intellectual
capacities, in contrast to a professional, vocational,
or technical curriculum." In classical antiquity, the
term designated the education proper to a freeman (Latin
libera, “free”) as opposed to a slave. In the medieval
Western university, the seven liberal arts were: the
Trivium: grammar, rhetoric, logic & the
Quadrivium: geometry, arithmetic, music,
astronomy.
Liberalism refers to a broad array of related ideas
and theories of government that consider individual
liberty to be the most important political goal.
Liberty,
in modern time, is generally considered a concept of
political philosophy and identifies the condition in
which an individual has the ability to act according to
his or her own will.
It can also refer to:
Libero
(football), a more versatile type of centre back in
football (soccer)
Libero
(volleyball), a player specialized in defensive skills
in volleyball
Libero -
an Italian daily newspaper, directed by Vittorio Feltri |
